elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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For years, teachers and parents at a Liberty elementary school have worried that something in and around their campus may be making people sick, leading to a high number of cancer diagnoses.
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Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
The medical and psychiatric records in question supported the argument by relatives of Sandy Hook victims that they had been traumatized by Jones’ assertions that the elementary school massacre was a hoax and by years of harassment by members of his audience.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
Abernathy worked tirelessly with elementary school student McKenzie Baker and her mother, Shay Baker.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Bedford and Summit Park elementary schools opened new buildings last year, while a new Deer Park Elementary is expected to open fall 2026, and a new Scotts Branch Elementary should open in September 2027.
—Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2025
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Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
The medical and psychiatric records in question supported the argument by relatives of Sandy Hook victims that they had been traumatized by Jones’ assertions that the elementary school massacre was a hoax and by years of harassment by members of his audience.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
Abernathy worked tirelessly with elementary school student McKenzie Baker and her mother, Shay Baker.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Bedford and Summit Park elementary schools opened new buildings last year, while a new Deer Park Elementary is expected to open fall 2026, and a new Scotts Branch Elementary should open in September 2027.
—Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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